Search resumes for Malaysia Airlines MH370, 11 years on
A U.S.-based company is resuming the search for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, 11 years after it vanished in one of the great aviation mysteries.
HONG KONG — A U.S.-based company is resuming the search for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, almost 11 years after it vanished in one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history.
Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke said Tuesday that the government had given initial approval for Ocean Infinity, a marine robotics company based in Austin, Texas, to resume the search. He said the details of the contract were being finalized, including how long the search would last.
Ocean Infinity conducted a monthslong search in 2018 but found no sign of the plane, which was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members when it veered dramatically off course and disappeared from radar March 8, 2014, shortly after taking off from the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, on an overnight flight to Beijing.
The company says advances in technology have increased the chances of success, and the Malaysian government said in December that it had agreed to another search by Ocean Infinity on a “no find, no fee” basis.
Loke told reporters that Ocean Infinity was “confident that the current search area is more credible, as they have previously covered a large area and believe this is the area that was missed in past searches,” The Malay Mail reported.
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